Water-filter.



M. JACKSON.

WATER FILTER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 15 Patented Ja11.6, 1914.

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MARION JACKSON, OF TIPPECANOE CITY, OHIO.

WATEReFILTER.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MARION JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tippecanoe City, in the county of Miami and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Filters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in water filters.

One object of the invention is to provide a water filter having an improved means for removably holding the filtering material in place in the body of the filter whereby the material may be readily taken out and cleaned and replaced when necessarv.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water filter having a one-piece body thus obviating any possibility of leakage through seams or joints.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of my improved filter with the cover raised therefrom; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the same taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

My improved filter comprises a one-piece body portion l which may be formed of any suitable material but which is preferably constructed of concrete and which is abso* lutely impervious to water and is non-porous, so that the walls thereof will not absorb any impurities and may be readily and thoroughly cleaned.

Formed in the body l near one end thereof is a transverse partition 2 which extends up wardly a suitable distance above the bottom and divides the body of the filter into a filtering compartment 3 and a filtered water compartment il.

'lhe body l may be of any suitable shape and is here shown as being rectangular and as having a flat cover 5 which is preferably constructed from the same material as that from which the body is formed and which is provided around its side edges with a right angular recess 6 which receives the upper edge of the sides of the body l and per- Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 15, 1913.

Patented Jan. fi, lifiiid. Serial No. 767,850.

mits the cover to form a close air and dusttight engagement with the top of the body. Formed at diametrically opposite points m the inner surfaces of the side walls of the body of the filter' in line with the upper edge of the partition 2 and at points a suitable distance above the bottom of the filtering compartment 3 are recesses or sockets 7 with which are engaged the ends of spring metal rods 8 which are provided to support the filtering material 9 which is arranged in the compartment 3 and which is preferably in the form of a sponge. rIhe filtering` material or sponge 9 is confined between upper and lower screens l0 and 1l or pieces of coarse wir@ netting. rlhe upper screen l0 is arranged beneath the upper supporting rods 8 while the lower screen 1l rests on the lower rods as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. TWhen thus arranged it will be seen that the sponge or filtering material 9 is supported at a suitable distance above the bottom of the compartment 3 and that a water supply space is formed between the filtering material and the bottom of the compartment. As hereinbefore stated the rods 8 are formed of spring metal and when engaged with the sockets 7 are bowed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings and are thus sprung into position as will be readily understood.

Connected with one end of the body 1 of the filter and opening into the water supply space in the bottom of the filtering compartment is a water supply pipe l2, while con nected with the opposite end of the body l and opening into the lower portion of the filtered water compartment 4 is a filtered water discharge pipe 13. Also connected with one side of the body l and opening into the space below the filtering material in the filtering compartment is a cleanout pipe lll having therein a valve l5 as shown. rlhe pipes l2, 13 and la have a detachable fluidtight connection with the body of the filterby means of interiorly threaded bushings 1G which are embedded in the material of which the body 1 is formed and which are provided with radially projecting anchoring lugs i7 which securely hold the bushings in place.

In the operation of my improved filter the water enters the lower portion of the filtering compartment 3 beneath the filtering material 9 and filters or percolates upwardly through the filtering material. and flows over the partition 2 into the filtered water llfif) compartments 4, from whence it passes through the discharge pipe 13 ink a pure or perfectly iiltered condition. The sediment in the water when thus filtered settles in the bottom of the filtering compartment beneath the filtering material and may be readily removed therefrom through the cleanout pipe le as will be understood.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what claim is:

A filter of the character described comprising a. one-piece body portion having a partition extending upwardly a suitable disA tance from the body thereof and dividing the body into a filtering and a filtered water compartment, said ltering compartment having in its sides upper and lower series of sockets, spring metal rods adapted to be sprung into said sockets, screens engaged with the inner sides of said rods, a filtering material arranged between said screens and supported thereby and by said lower series of rods above the bottom of the filtering compartment. a supply pipe and a cleanout pipe connected with said filtering compartment below the filtering material, a discharge pipe connected with said filtered water compartment and interiorly threaded bushings arranged in the sides of the body to receive said pipes whereby they are detacliably connected with the filter.

ln testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

li/ARON JACKSGN.

Witnesses:

RAYMOND A. linnn, PHOEBE Ra'ronrrr.

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